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The Huron Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$285k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$620kEducation$395kCivil Rights$220kArts & Culture$170kHuman Services$115kHealth$108kPublic Benefit$65kCrime & Legal$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $210k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL$110,000
PHILADLEPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL$100,000
HEALTHY NEWSWORKS$25,000
QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP$20,000
CHILDREN FIRST$20,000
SCRATCH FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN FIRST: $20k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $20k → 22%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 17%CHILDREN FIRST: $20k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $20k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $3k → 22%WOMEN'S WAY: $5k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
MD
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 22 repeat orgs$153k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
18

Total granted

$1.7M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+43%

Still filing today

82%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PY
    PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $500k · revenue +81%
  • ED
    ESF DREAM CAMP FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $120k · revenue +112%
  • QT
    QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • PY
    PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • FI
    FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • BD
    BLACK DOCTORS COVID-19 CONSORTIUM
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc

We develop, engage, and retain principals and system leaders who transform schools, dramatically improve student outcomes, and drive systemic change to prepare all philadelphia students for college, career, and life.

Education
2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
5
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

See schedule owe are an inclusive community on a mission to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought in every one of our students. in a unique educational environment that extends well beyond campus, we nurture students'…

Education
6
Heights Philadelphia

Heights is a new kind of organization, an economic mobility catalyst. we believe that creating pathways to educational and workforce success for low-income, black and brown, and first-generation-to-college students is the keystone of a…

Education
7
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc

Philadelphia youth network (pyn) equips young people to build lifelong skills, pursue meaningful careers, and embrace change with confidence - so they can thrive in the workforce, experience economic mobility, and strengthen their…

Youth Development
8
The Philadelphia Education Fund

The mission of the philadelphia education fund (pef) is to create equitable access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and career success. pef focuses on philadelphia public school…

Youth Development
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Philadelphia Public Access Corporation

Phillycam provides transformative opportunities for people and communities to express themselves, to learn from each other, and to produce and share media reflective of the experiences of everyday people.

—
11
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
12
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative; the most unlike its peers is Womens Way. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $220,036 · OtherGERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOLUNIDOSUS: $200,116 · OtherUNIDOSUSPHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS: $75,040 · OtherPHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDSUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL: $55,038 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOLHealthy NewsWorks: $50,036 · OtherHealthy NewsWorksTHE COUNCIL FOR CANADIAN AMERICAN RELATIONS INC: $37,804 · Other+19 more: $171,528 · Other+19 morePHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $500,098 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL I…+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsQUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP INC: $100,031 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureChildren First PA: $100,031 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWOMENS WAY: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesESF DREAM CAMP FOUNDATION: $120,038 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentPUENTES DE SALUD: $75,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthSupport Center for Child Advocates: $55,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$809,598Recreation & Sports$510,098Arts & Culture$130,031Human Services$127,531Youth Development$122,538Health$82,500Crime & Legal$55,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $500,098 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $200,116 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetESF DREAM CAMP FOUNDATION: $120,038 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetQUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP INC: $100,031 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetChildren First PA: $100,031 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPUENTES DE SALUD: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $55,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHealthy NewsWorks: $50,036 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetTHE COUNCIL FOR CANADIAN AMERICAN RELATIONS INC: $37,804 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWHYY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $20,028 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetScratch Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH SPORTS COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKABOOM INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH CENTER OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCANCER FOR COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY ON PHILLY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEED IN DEED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRINGEARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Connelly FoundationThe Cigna Group Found…United Way of Greater…Grace S and W Linton …Hamilton Family Chari…The Allen Hilles FundThe Horace W Goldsmit…Henrietta Tower Wurts…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA32.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Connelly Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Grace S and W Linton Nelson Foundation · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · The Allen Hilles Fund · The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Huron Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Huron Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Huron Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Huron Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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